Corner-fastening for bedsteads



W. B. FOSTER.

CORNER FASTENING FOR BEDSTEADS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22, 1920.

13 1 2 Patented. July 12, 1921.

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cairn stares TATENT QIFFEQEQ WILLIAM B. FOSTER, 0F UTICA NEW YQEK, ASSIGNOR'TO FOSTER BROTHERS MANU- FACTURING COMPANY, OF UTIOA, NEXV YORK, A CORIORATION.

CORNER-FASTENING- EOR BEDSTEADS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1920. Serial No. 367,747.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that T, lVILLIAIvI B. Fosrnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corner-Fastenings for Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the reference numerals marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My present invention relates to corner fastenings for bedsteads and particularly to that class wherein the corner block is detachably secured to a post and also forms the means for supporting and fastening together the side and end bars of the mattress-supporting frame.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a new and improved construction of the class described and particularly to provide one which is simple and light in construction but readily assembled and efficient and durable in operation.

A further purpose is to provide a corner fastening wherein the corner block is per manently secured to the mattresssupporting frame and forms part of the means for so securing and holding in proper relative position the side and end bars of the mattress-supportin frame and to have said corner block readily attachable to and detachable from the corner post.

A further object of my invention is to provide a new and improved form of corner block for constructions of the class described above.

Further purposes and advantages of my invention will appear from the specification and claims herein.

Figure 1 is an isometric projection of the corner construction of a bedstead embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an isometric projection of the corner block illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the corner block, post and end rail of the mattress-supporting frame in front elevation.

Referring to the drawings in a more particular description it will be seen that I have illustrated my invention in connection with a bed wherein the mattresssupporting frame includes an angle side bar 5 and an angle end bar 6 mounted upon and permanently fastened to the corner block 7 which is detachably secured to a corner post 9.

The corner block 7 comprises two main portions, namely a post-engaging portion 10 and a bracket portion 11. The post-engaging portion 10 of the corner block is in general a vertically arranged part of some form or combination of parts that allows said part to engage the post and to be readily attached to or detached from the post. The form illustrated in the drawings is of the button-hole slot type having the large opening 12 of the slot well down on the portion 10 and with the narrower portion 13 of the slot extending upward therefrom and with the surface 14 of the block adjacent to the slot 13 forming a wed 'e or cam surface gradually increasing in distance from the post 9 as said cam surface extends upward whereby the button or head 15 of a stud extending out from the post 9 holds the corner block firmly but detachably to the post 9 in a well-known manner. It will be understood that the illustrated and above described construction of the post-engaging portion 10 and the means for detachably securing the same to the post are simply a convenient and the preferred embodiment of my construction and that my invention is not limited to that particular way of forming the post-engaging portion 10 and attaching the same to a post.

The bracket portion 11 of the corner block 7 forms the inner portion of the corner block and is so formed as to have a vertical surface 16 and thereabove and extending inwardly therefrom a horizontal surface 17. A convenient and preferred construction for providing these two adjacent supporting surfaces at an angle to each other is to have the bracket in efiect formed as though from a short piece of angle bar whereby the vertical web 18 forms at its outer surface the vertical surface 16 and the horizontal web 19 with its upper surface provides the horizontal supporting surface 17.

Preferably the supporting surfaces 16 and 17 will project from the general plane of the forwardly facing surface of the post-engaging part 10 still farther forward or toward the opposite end of the bedstead as apvof the bracket of the block. then be headed over or the bolt provided -with a nut 26 whereby the assembled parts pears in the drawing. By reason of this construction the inner portion of the postengaging portion 10 connects for substantially its entire height with the adjacent outer end portion of the vertical web 18 of the bracket. Preferably also the lower part of the vertical web 18 is connected by an annular or curving web 21 to the lower portion of the post-engaging part 10 of the block. In this way an angular brace between the two main portions of the post is effected in addition to the joint between the outer end of the vertical web 18 and the inwardly projecting part 20 of the post-engaging portion. The corner block isof such form that it may be readily made as a casting but obviously it may be made if preferred by stamping or other means; 7

The angle side bar 5 of the mattress-supporting frame is placed upon the bracket portion 11 so that the horizontal web of the angle side bar will rest squarely upon the supporting surface 17 and so that the vertical web of the side bar will have its inner surface engaging closely against the outwardly facing vertical surface 17 of the vertical web 18 of the bracket 11.

The end bar 6 which ordinarily andpreferably will also be in the form of an angle bar will have its horizontal web rested upon the upper surface of the horizontal web of the angle side bar 5. A rivet or bolt 22 will be passed through a suitable hole 23 in the horizontal web of the end bar 6 and through an alined hole 24 in the horizontal web of the side bar 5 and then through a hole25 provided in the horizontal web portion 19 The rivet will of the mattress-supporting frame and the bracket of the corner block are very rigidly and permanently fastened together.

It will now be seen that I have provided a corner construction for bedsteads wherein the corner blOCk'i'HtY be readily and economically made and that the said corner block and the two members of the mattress? supporting frame be very readily assembled and permanently fastened together.

It will be noted that the construction will be very strong, rigid and durable.

7What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s In a corner fastening for bedsteads, the

355 combination of a corner post, a corner block having ,a post engaging portion adapted to be detachably secured to said post and having a vertical bracket portion extending inwardly and laterally of the bedstead with a horizontal supporting web and a vertical supporting web adjacent thereto and both at right angles to the'bracket portion, anangle bar of the 'mattress-supporting frame having its horizontal web resting upon the horizontal web of the bracket'portion and having its vertical'web against the'said vertical web of the bracket portion and with its end butted against the bracket portion, the second member of the mattress-supporting frame placed on the 'horizontal'web of said angle bar and over the horizontal web of the bracket portion and means extending through said horizontal web of the bracket portion and both frame members for permanently fastening them together.

In witness whereof I have affixed my signature, this 27th day of February 1920.

' YVILLIAM B. F OSTER. 

